Friday, January 18, 2013

When you’re done speaking with your colleagues about Manti Te’o, what
do you think of Boeing? Is the Dreamliner
viable? How about Apple and their walled
garden strategy? People are wondering
why Intel is planning to expend so much capital when nobody is buying PCs
anymore. Maybe you are wondering why the
ETF Global blog is writing about individual equities and the answer to that
riddle is that we are about more than just ETFs.

Whether you are bullish or bearish on these or any other companies,
check out our Equity Grey
Market Report to see all those ETPs that could have exposure to any stock. Access the report by entering a ticker in the
upper right search box or click on an equity constituent from an ETF Tear
Sheet. You will find some basic trading
information and our interactive price chart above the summary of that equity’s
ETP exposure expressed as dollar values long, short, net and gross, and as
percentages of market cap. Below that, we
get more granular showing all those funds that hold the shares in various ways
whose columns can be sorted by clicking on the headers. This is another way we differentiate
ourselves from other sources that only show the funds that actually hold the
shares. People differ on the extent to
which leveraged and inverse funds that may not actually hold the shares, but
track an index that does, can affect a stock’s trading. That’s why we include those leveraged an
inverse funds and show the leverage factors and implied exposures. Our users know this is important information
and it is only available at ETF Global.
We get a lot of clicks on this report during earnings season as users
look for funds to play or avoid when a big earnings announcement hits the wires.

We are also getting feedback from equity investors who don’t use
ETFs but like to see how Quant is ranking their favorite sectors or regions. We looked at sectors in yesterday’s post and
are seeing some foreign funds bumping up today so maybe we’ll do another international
tour of Quant’s top 100 next week. Until
then, enjoy earnings season and don’t forget to take a look at the ETFG Equity
Grey Market Report for any company that holds your interest. Thanks for reading and have a nice weekend.